White supremacist’s stock falls among his fellow haters after he turns out to be part black: Opinion

File - In this Aug. 26, 2013 file photo Craig Cobb stands in an empty lot he owns on Main Street in Leith, N.D. The white supremacist who is seeking to take over the small North Dakota town is representing himself against terrorizing charges, while a man who joined him in Leith has asked for a public defender. Both Cobb, 62, and Kynan Dutton, 29, have been ordered held without bond on seven felony terrorizing counts and face a minimum of 10 years in prison if convicted. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom, File)

Then, a fellow white supremacists targeted Cobb’s house with racial graffiti after he heard about Cobb’s DNA results, a local prosecutor told the L.A. Times. That prompted Cobb, 62, and Kynan Dutton, 29, to go on armed patrols of Leith, for which they were arrested and charged with seven counts of terrorizing residents, five of them with guns. Before the arrests, Cobb said in a text message to the Bismark Tribune, “Because of the many violences (sic) and harassments against we (sic) and the children, we have commended armed patrols of Leith.” (There’s nothing supreme about his command of the English language.)

With Cobb now in jail, Leith’s residents will enjoy a respite from the part-black white supremacist who’s trying to take over their little town.